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Not Necessarily the News: Iraqi officials outraged by U.S. raid in prime minister's hometown

Fri, 06/27/2008 - 22:25 — newjesustimes


Iraqi officials outraged by U.S. raid in prime minister's hometown:


Khazaali, the U.S.-allied governor, denounced the operation at a news conference, saying the U.S. military hadn't coordinated in advance with Iraqi forces, who assumed control of Karbala security in October 2007. The governor said the raid set "a dangerous precedent" for areas ostensibly under full Iraqi control.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/42503.html
Just lettin em know who's boss?

check out andymahn271's comment, is this some part of a setup?

Meanwhile, on the so-called news sites:

Clinton and Obama Set New Tone (start scatting in B flat, Bill joined in on the sax)
Salmonella Tomato Outbreak Biggest Ever (Attack of the killer salmonella tomatoes!)
Opposition supporters claim torture in Zimbabwe (torture smorture, it's got nothin to do with the USA!)
Anheuser board under scrutiny over InBev bid (challenge investigators to a game of beer pong)
McCain Doubts Forums’ Chances (Forum doubts McCain's chances, too!)
As Gates Steps Away, Let Us Ponder His Legacy (Ponder when ready)
A Droid Piece of Filmmaking (an article of critical importance)
A Team-Record 9 RBI Leaves the Enigmatic Delgado ‘Just Happy’ (Don't Mess with Mr T!)
North Korea Destroys Tower at Nuclear Site (Just happy to be alive, man)

California man gets prison for burning Burning Man (very important to know about this!)
Plains storms kill two, disrupt practice of Olympic hopefuls (practice was disrupted, how sad!)
Taliban likely to step up attacks in Afghanistan, Pentagon says (oh, the pentagon said something, did they? and you believed them?)
Widespread voter intimidation seen in Zimbabwe's runoff election (but everything's running like clockwork with the US election machinery!)
Analysis: Complex issues remain on N. Korea nuclear program (but everything's hunky dory with the US / Israeli nuclear programs!)
Cities explore use of fake speed bumps to slow down drivers (read this article so you won't be fooled into slowing down)

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Scratch That! > Wiped from the pages of history

Sun, 06/22/2008 - 00:44 — admin

update 6/25: OK I've moved the whole site to a different server where it has a longer life expectancy. so if you are into such things, please post / comment / repeat / enjoy!

<--- I was informed today that this blog has only about a week to live, if that. Apparently the server space is needed for something newer, shinier, and more important. I doubt anyone will miss it, although I've been enjoying the convenience of the blogroll links. Ah well, such is life... --->

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Former Lying Toad Desperately Tries to Save Soul

Thu, 05/29/2008 - 10:02 — newjesustimes
From the "Day Late, Dollar Short" category
Former White House Lying Toad Scott McClellan told NBC's "Today" show on Thursday that he erroneously believed what President Bush was saying about the war but now is answering a higher loyalty: “a loyalty to the truth.”

So his loyalty to the truth propelled him to write a book? Ok.
In response to which current White House Lying Toad, Dana Perino issued a statement:

"Scott, we now know, is disgruntled about his experience at the White House. For those of us who fully supported him, before, during and after he was press secretary, we are puzzled. It is sad - this is not the Scott we knew."

RIGHT?! That's what I was thinking too! The Scott I knew would NEVER in a MILLION years tell the truth!!
Perino continued:

"The book, as reported by the press, has been described to the President. I do not expect a comment from him on it - he has more pressing matters than to spend time commenting on books by former staffers."

So he had time to have the book "described" to him, but no time to emit a comment? I'd guess the truth is that his comment is not fit for mixed company! LOL, more pressing matters... Like catapulting propaganda with the use of the word "retreat" to describe the only sane option in Iraq?

How about instead of commenting on the book, answering to the allegations?

“These are good and well-intentioned people,” McClellan added.

Hey! What happened to your loyalty to the truth, Scottie?

-njt

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Conyers, Rove & NBC correspondent Pete Williams

Thu, 05/22/2008 - 21:33 — newjesustimes

Just read an interesting story over at Raw; http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Conyers_subpoenas_Karl_Rove_0522.html

This particular line caught my eye:

"Reacting to the news on NBC, correspondent Pete Williams said that the Justice Department most likely won't enforce the subpoena."

I need to look into this more but, being a fan of "the journalism" my first question of this "journalist" is "According to whom or supported by what?" Is it simply Pete Williams opinion? Did someone whisper in his ear, telling him to say this?

Ah now things are coming into focus a little; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3689493/

Prior to joining NBC, Williams served as a press official on Capitol Hill for many years. In 1986 he joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. While in that position, Williams was named Government Communicator of the Year in 1991 by the National Association of Government Communicators.

To me, this is the crux of the matter: "the Justice Department most likely won't enforce the subpoena" (said the Cheney aid who poses as a reporter).

Well, what the F@#$ good are subpoenas if they won't be enforced?
-njt

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Zirkle"s "Derringer's for Dildos" Policy

Sun, 04/27/2008 - 07:01 — McJ
'OMFG !!! Don't most countries lock up people like this, or at least get them some help.
This guy's running for congress and giving speeches to Nazis at Adolf Hitler birthday parties.
His 'derringer policy' is one for the wtf, eh file...words fail me...wow just wow...

'Funny,' but not 'funny ha ha'
http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/2008/04/funny-but-not-funny-ha-ha.html
I'm hardly the first one to blog about Tony Zirkle's recent speaking gig in front of a group of Nazis to celebrate Adolf Hitler's birthday, but you have to see this bit from the man's own website to really get a handle on just how far up the delta of the Crazy River this guy has swum.

I'm considering discussing divorce aids and my plans for a "Derrenger's (sic) for Dildos" policy to put guns in American women's hands instead of divorce aids. Presently, when a criminal is arrested for a weapons crime, the prosecutors seek orders to destroy those weapons. What a waste! Put our criminal prisoners to work modifying those guns to be smart-guns that can only be fired when the female owner is holding it so that children don't hurt themselves and so that criminals can't use them (unless they use the woman's hand). When a women turns in her stash of divorce aids, then give her a free gun to defend America when the jihadists follow us home....

(brief amount of crazy snipped)

...I may also call attention to the fact that one of the biggest commercial frauds is that divorce aids market themselves as being for "novelty purposes only" so that they can avoid all consumer safety inspections; yet ,they then go to court and claim they have a 1st Amendment so called right to privacy to abuse their bodies. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19333870/page/2/ Who knows what toxic chemicals these women are inserting into the most intimate areas of their bodies and how many men chase children because they can not find comfort from an adult women.

No, really, he actually calls it "Derringers for Dildos." I mean...uh...he's...wow...just, wow.
Truly, this is not the kind of crazy we should run from. This is the kind of crazy we should avoid direct eye contact with as we back slowly and carefully through the nearest exit and bolt it shut behind us before calling in an immediate airstrike on the place.

The Indiana Republican party are doing their best to shove this guy out on an ice floe and deny he is even a party member. Zirkle, on the other hand, claims to have won 30% of the vote in the 2006 Republican congressional primary. A quick look around with the google shows him as a primary candidate in 2004, and Wikipedia lists him as having lost to Republican Congressman Chris "Count" Chocola 70% to 30% in the 2006 primary, so he must have been a party member at some point. And while huge numbers of registered party supporters don't always vote in primaries, 30% is still significant number. I'd guess having a nutbar like Zirkle around made whatever extreme right-wing positions Bushista Chocola and the rest of his party enspouse seem reasonable by comparison. Small wonder the district went democrat in the last election.

The scary part is that Tony Zirkle looks good on paper - he has a fairly impressive resume: Naval Academy and Georgetown grad, former prosecuter and seminarian. He was even a political science professor for a short stretch. Clearly he has either only slipped off the rails in the last few years or he has a history of fooling people into believing he's sane.

Still Here But Still Struggling

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 10:59 — Winter

I haven't been able to contribute much lately ... but I'm still here ... glad this space is still here, too ... and I'm hoping that when I get some injuries healed, and get a bit caught up on work, I may be able to post more, here and elsewhere ... sometimes life really does get in the way, doesn't it?

Thanks again to NJT and best wishes to all my online friends.

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